He was convicted of first degree murder, two counts of attempted first degree murder of a law enforcement officer, two counts of aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, and sentenced to death.ĭeputy Koester had served with the Lake County Sheriff's Office for only 9 months and had previously served with the Umatilla Police Department for 8 years. When the suspect was apprehended, it was discovered that he suffered gunshot wounds from one of the shootouts. The suspect fled the scene on a motorcycle, but was apprehended later in the day following a massive manhunt and a second shootout. Deputy Koester was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his wounds. He exchanged shots with the deputies, wounding all three. As they returned the female subject to the home, the suspect ambushed them from the woods with a shotgun loaded with slugs. The deputies searched for the male subject at the couple's home but did not locate him. The three deputies had made contact with the female subject at a neighbor's home. Both deputies are on paid administrative leave pending an investigation into the shooting.Deputy Wayne Koester and two other deputies were shot while responding to a domestic violence call at a home in Ocala National Forest. Thoman then opens fire on Wilder, killing him in a barrage of gunfire.ĭeputy Potter was transported to a nearby medical facility where he was treated for a gunshot wound, multiple head lacerations, a concussion, and fractures in his face. Wilder then strikes Potters in the back of the head and takes him to the ground, where he continues to smash him in the head and face with the rifle. Wilder pursues Potters around the back of the other police cruiser, as Potters gets to another position and fires several shots at where he believes Wilder is. The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office said that. 192 just west of Interstate 95 ended with a deputy injured and a suspect dead. Potter is shot during this initial engagement, so is Wilder.īoth civilians immediately clear the line of fire, and the second deputy, Deputy Tyler Thoman, also draws his pistol and maneuvers behind Potter's patrol car to put himself into a position of cover. On August 30th, a traffic stop of a vehicle along U.S. Potter responds by attempting to create space as he draws his service pistol and maneuvers to cover.
With a complete disregard for the safety of the 2-month-old in the backseat of the vehicle himself, Wilder exits the vehicle the moment Deputy Potter gives him an opportunity and starts firing at the deputy with the other two civilians still in the line of fire. They appear to be having a casual enough conversation where Potter even mentions having a baby at home himself. In the vicinity of the gun-fight were a total of three civilians, one of which was just a 2-month-old baby that was in the backseat of the vehicle with the shooter, 38-year-old Paris Wilder.ĭuring the stop, you can hear Deputy Brian Potter speaking with Wilder in the backseat of the vehicle. In a traffic-stop gone wrong, two deputies from the Brevard Sheriff's Office in Florida find themselves in a life or death gun battle against a career criminal armed with a rifle. Deputies from Brevard Sheriff's Office find themselves in a life or death gun battle after an attacker steps out of a vehicle they have stopped and immediately opens fire on them at close range.įor those not interested in the Sheriff's comments, you can skip to 3:31 in the video.
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